Not really, but I don't abuse it. I used it a lot at first, but there are faster and more entertaining ways to take out your enemies.

I would have liked some safer ground combos, though - when you're crowded by enemies with the Dragon Sword it's usually best to for for an Izuna or Nirrti, since most of the more stylish combos it has are linear and leave you open to getting smacked in the back.

I dont find it to powerful only for reason that in many cases its not the right thing to use unless your in tight spot. But again I agree with Kayin Amoh that the Dragon Sword is easily overcome by crowded of enemies and needs some more ground protective moves.

I think that it is very powerful, in that if you wanted to you can just spam it on Doku or Murai, perhaps these bosses should have resisted it. It is definitely one of the best moves the Dragon Sword has, but yeah, it wouldn't be used as much (At least by me) If the DS was better on the ground and didn't get you swamped._________________James: Why can't we all just live happily together?

I don't think it is overpowered. It would be overpowered if the recovery time wasn't so long. First I did abuse the move, but when I got the Flail later in the game, I used Red Hot Iron Brand instead._________________

Yea, I remember Red Hot Brand. I'm glad they fixed up the soldiers with the bayonets. I used to Red Hot Brand them all the time. They were too easy. The new enemy designs stick their bayonets in you when you use it so I'm happy about that.

I think it's a bit too effective against some of the bosses (fatman, bone dragon, murai, non-HP), but against regular enemies I think its balanced, as most of them block or dodge it (on VH at least). In some cases it's almost a necessity to have, I imagine it'd be pretty tough to play through the whole game w/out it._________________Crap!Crap!Crap! - Zenigata